Smoking appliance



July Y6; 1943. l L. TILLMAN .SMOKING APPLIANCE Filed Marn 12, .1942 v Patented July 6, `1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SMOKING APPLIANCE Leonard Tillman, Springdale, Conn.

Application March 12, 1942, Serial No. 434,437

zciaims. (ci, iai-175) This invention relates to an improved holder for cigarettes or cigars and more particularly to a holder which will shield a cigar or cigarette while burning, to retain the ashes and to prevent the cigar or cigarette from burning, scorching or setting fire to any material or surface on which the holder might be laid. l

Still a further aim of the invention is to provide a holder of simple construction capable of being economically manufactured and sold and which can be readily disassembled for cleaning the holder, and which, when not in use, can be arranged with the parts in nested position so that the holder will occupy a very limited space in a garment pocket and so that the stem or mouth piece thereof will be substantially shieldedv and enclosed to protect it from dirt and other foreign matter that might be contained in the garment pocket.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, which illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view showing the holder in an extended position,

Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal, substantially central vertical sectional view of the same,

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of a portion of the holder taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the shield, shown detached from the holder, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary, longitudinal, vertical sectional view, partly in elevation and showing the holder with the stem or mouth piece in a nested position.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate like or corresponding parts throughout the different views, the cigar or cigarette holder includes a stern or mouthpiece I I, a mesh wire fabric cylinder I2 and a shield I3.

The stem II, which may be formed of any suitable material has an outer end Il forming the bit portion which is adapted to be held in the mouth and an opposite shank end which is provided with an externally threaded portion I5, at the last mentioned end of the stem II and an externally threaded portion I6 spaced therefrom but disposed adjacent thereto. The stem II is provided with a bore I1 which extends from end to end thereof and which increases in size toward the shank end of the stem I I, and which is sunlciently large at the shank end of the stem to receive the end of a conventional cigarette, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2 at I8.

The cylinder I2 is formed of a wire fabric of a very ne mesh, such as strainer wire and is provided with a closed end I9 and an opposite open end which is turned outwardly and back upon itself to provide an annular flange or collar 20. The mesh wire fabric of the Ycylinder I2 at its open end, is internally threaded as seen at\2I to engag the externally threaded portion I5 for connecting the stem I I and cylinder I2 in end to end relationship, as seen in Figure 2. When the stem and cylinder are thus connected, the cigarette I 8 will be disposed within the cylinder I2 which is of suicient length so that its closed end I9 will be spaced from the outer end of the cigarette, and which is of suilicent diameter so that the wall of the cylinder I2 will be spaced radially from the cigarette, as best,l seen in Figures 2 and 3.

The shield I3 is composed of a tube of substantially rigid, non-inflammable material, and preferably a material which is also transparent such as glass or Pyrex. The tube I3 is open at both ends and is in diameter larger than the cylinder I2 over which it is adapted to be disposed, as seen in Figures 2 and 5. One end of the tube I3 is disposed within the ange or collar 20 and is frictionally engaged thereby to detachably connect the tube to the cylinder. Tube I3 is somewhat longer than cylinder .I2 so that its opposite end extends beyond the closed end I9 and the wall of the tube I3 is spaced outwardly from the wall of the cylinder I2, as best seen in Figure 5. Tube I3 is provided with a plurality of series of openings 22 which are circumferentially spaced from each other, and each of which preferablyv includes two elongated, longitudinally spaced and longitudinally disposed openings or slots between the adjacent ends of which is provided a circular opening, as best seen in Figure 4. These series of openings 22 combinwith the open, outer end of the tube I3 to permit the free circulation of air through the tube and cylinder and to permit the smoke from the cigarette or cigar to pass outwardly from the cylinder and tube. A spring type pocket clip 23 is attached at one end thereof to the outer side of the tube I3, between two of the series of openings 22, and is disposedlongitudinally of the shield or tube I3.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the stem II can be detached from the cylinder I2 and a cigarette or a cigar lpositioned in the enlarged end of the bore- I 1, after which the cigarette`can be lighted and the stem then connected to the cylinder to position the parts, as seen in Figure 2. With the holder I thus aS- sembled, the cigarette can be smoked to substantially its other end and the ashes therefrom will be retained within the cylinder I2 and likewise` smoked, stem I I should be removed and the stub thereof detached therefrom and the ashes dumped from the cylinder I2 through its open end. The stem II can then be inserted With the bit end I4 foremost into the open end of the cylinder and attached thereto by the threaded portion I6 engaging the thread 2| for mounting the stem in a nested position in the cylinder i2 and shield I3. When thus disposed, as seen in Figure 5, the holder can be readily carried in the pocket and retained therein by the pocket clip 23 and the bit Il will be enclosed within the shield I3 and protected from contact with dirt or other foreign matter which may be contained inthe pocket. Likewise, when desired, tube I3 can be detached from the cylinder I2 so that the cylinder can be cleaned.

Obviously, the holder can be made in various sizes to accommodate it to cigars and cigarettes of diierent sizes and various other modifications and changes may likewise be made and are contemplated, provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims, as only a preferred embodiment of the invention has been disclosed.

I claim as my invention:

l. A cigar or cigarette holder comprising a Y stem having a bit end, adapted to be held in the mouth, and a Yshank end, adapted to receive an end of a cigarette or cigar, a mesh wire fabric cylinder having a closed end and an open end. said open end being detachabiy connected to the shank end of the stern to position the cylinder and stein` in end to end relationship, said cylinder being adapted to contain the cigarette or cigar, and a shield comprising a tube of substantiallyrigid, non-inflammable material having open ends, saidtube being disposed over the cylinder and having one off'its ends detachably connected tothe open end'of the cylinder, the open end of the cylinder being turned outwardly and back upon itself to engage over said end of the tube.

2. A cigar or cigarette holder comprising a stem having a 'bit end, adapted to be held in the mouth, and a shank end, adapted to receive an end of a cigarette or cigar, a mesh wire fabric cylinder having a closed end and an open end, said open end being detachably connected to the shank end of the stem to position the cylinder and stem in end to end relationship, said cylinder being adapted to contain the cigarette or cigar, and a shield comprising a tube of substantially rigid, non-inflammable material having open ends, said tube being disposed over the cylinder and having one of its ends detachably connected to the open end of the cylinder, said stem having an externally threaded portion adiacent its shank end and a second externally threaded portion spaced therefrom but adjacent thereto,

and the open end of the cylinder being internally threaded to receive the first-mentioned threaded portion to connect the stem and cylinder in end to end relationship, or the secondthreaded portion to mount the stem in a nested position within the cylinder.

LEONARD TILLMAN. 

